This series of articles provide a good overview of rabbit teeth. Rabbits use their incisors to slice food, while the molars grind it down. Rabbits have 28 teeth. The ones we see most often are the four incisors in the front of the mouth. Behind the top incisors are two smaller incisors known as peg teeth. The 22 remaining teeth are molars and premolars and are known as cheek teeth.
Source: The Rabbit Advocate, Spring 2017.
Rabbits are prone to a variety of dental problems. They have constantly growing, open-rooted incisors, premolars and molars. The causes of rabbit dental pathology are variable.
INSIGHTS: Rabbits’ teeth are “open rooted” and grow continuously, like fingernails. They wear down during the normal course of eating, as well as during grinding their teeth when they are content. This is sometimes referred to as tooth purring.